Eria nana A.Rich.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Conchidium nanum (A.Rich.) Brieger; Pinalia nana (A.Rich.) Kuntze; Eria brevilinguis (J.Joseph & V.Chandras.) Bajrach. & K.K.Shrestha; Eria muscicola var. brevilinguis J.Joseph & V.Chandras.; Eria muscicola var. ponmudiana M.Mohanan & A.N.Henry; Eria nana var. brevilinguis (J.Joseph & V.Chandras.) Agrawala & H.J.Chowdhery; Porpax nana var. brevilinguis (J.Joseph & V.Chandras.) Kottaim.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Porpax nana (A.Rich.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Shola
  • Comments / notes : Epiphytic, Often on hills from 1200 to 1600m.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-March
  • Collector(s) Name : M.C Lukose
  • Collection Date : 08/01/1985
  • Collection Nos : RHK 1201
  • Collection Locality : Kurisumala, Kottayam District
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kottayam district, Wayanad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Palakkad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Deccan Peninsula, Southern Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eria nana. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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